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最新范本,供参考!最新范本,供参考!最新范本,供参考!FOREWORDThisrevisionoftheUniformCustomsandPracticeforDocumentaryCredits(commonlycalled“UCP”)isthesixthrevisionoftherulessincetheywerefirstpromulgatedin1933.ItisthefruitofmorethanthreeyearsofworkbytheInternationalChamberofCommerce’s(ICC)CommissiononBankingTechniqueandPractice.ICC,whichwasestablishedin1919,hadasitsprimaryobjectivefacilitatingtheflowofinternationaltradeatatimewhennationalismandprotectionismposedseriousthreatstotheworldtradingsystem.ItwasinthatspiritthattheUCPwerefirstintroduced–toalleviatetheconfusioncausedbyindividualcountries’promotingtheirownnationalrulesonletterofcreditpractice.Theobjective,sinceattained,wastocreateasetofcontractualrulesthatwouldestablishuniformityinthatpractice,sothatpractitionerswouldnothavetocopewithaplethoraofoftenconflictingnationalregulations.TheuniversalacceptanceoftheUCPbypractitionersincountrieswithwidelydivergenteconomicandjudicialsystemsisatestamenttotherules’success.ItisimportanttorecallthattheUCPrepresenttheworkofaprivateinternationalorganization,notagovernmentalbody.Sinceitsinception,ICChasinsistedonthecentralroleofself-regulationinbusinesspractice.Theserules,formulatedentirelybyexpertsintheprivatesector,havevalidatedthatapproach.TheUCPremainthemostsuccessfulsetofprivaterulesfortradeeverdeveloped.Arangeofindividualsandgroupscontributedtothecurrentrevision,whichisentitledUCP600.TheseincludetheUCPDraftingGroup,whichsiftedthroughmorethan5000individualcommentsbeforearrivingatthisconsensustext;theUCPConsultingGroup,consistingofmembersfrommorethan25countries,whichservedastheadvisorybodyreactingtoandproposingchangestothevariousdrafts;themorethan400membersoftheICCCommissiononBankingTechniqueandPracticewhomadepertinentsuggestionsforchangesinthetext;andICCnationalcommitteesworldwidewhichtookanactiveroleinconsolidatingcommentsfromtheirmembers.ICCalsoexpressesitsgratitudetopractitionersinthetransportandinsuranceindustries,whoseperceptivesuggestionshonedthefinaldraft.GuySebbanSecretaryGeneralIn